The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Industry

The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Industry is a guide by RMI that outlines strategies for cities to reduce industrial carbon emissions, which account for 7% of emissions in major cities. The guide emphasizes strategic partnerships with corporate residents due to limited jurisdictional control and proposes three specific actions: implementing clean industrial heat, upgrading to efficient motors, and establishing operator training for energy management.

• Industry accounts for 7% of carbon emissions within major cities. Because cities often have limited jurisdictional control over these entities, they are encouraged to form strategic partnerships with corporate residents to reach environmental and economic goals.
• Action 17 focuses on reducing emissions from process heat loads. This can be achieved through several methods: converting to low-carbon fuels, increasing the efficiency of process heat generation, repairing infrastructure used for heat distribution, and utilizing waste heat.
• Action 18 recommends the replacement of inefficient motors with high-efficiency models. The guide suggests using a variety of strategies to achieve this, including incentives, rebates, audit programs, standards, and codes.
• Action 19 proposes the creation of voluntary energy management programs. These programs aim to build local capacity for energy managers by recognizing companies that commit to energy audits, energy management systems, and continuous energy reductions, while providing necessary training resources.

APA

RMI (2017). The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Industry. https://rmi.org/resources/the-carbon-free-city-handbook-industry/

Chicago

RMI. The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Industry. 2017. https://rmi.org/resources/the-carbon-free-city-handbook-industry/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2017carbonfree, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Industry}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/the-carbon-free-city-handbook-industry/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }